Is there a difference between dikes, dams, levees, and canals? (I need this info for a history project ;v;)

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TETSXPREME · Answer

Well a dike is like a long wall made to prevent flooding

TETSXPREME · Answer

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Sailor · Answer

Dams block water flow in rivers, kind of like a dike.

Joe348 · Answer

A dam- Is sort of a blockage towards the river

Laylalyssa · Answer

are you asking what the difference is, or if there is a difference

TETSXPREME · Answer

They all have like the same subject purpose

TETSXPREME · Answer

There is a difference between all of them

Laylalyssa · Answer

@tetsxpreme wrote:

They all have like the same subject purpose

yea but they are made differently

Joe348 · Answer

@joe348 wrote:

A dam- Is sort of a blockage towards the river

A dike is sort of the same way

DreamingWitch · Answer

@laylalyssa wrote:

are you asking what the difference is, or if there is a difference

If there is a difference!

Laylalyssa · Answer

yes there is a difference ;

DreamingWitch · Answer

I mean like are they used for different purposes.

Joe348 · Answer

They all have comparisons it's just where it is settled that makes a difference

TETSXPREME · Answer

@dreamingwitch wrote:

I mean like are they used for different purposes.

yea they all are made for different things

DreamingWitch · Answer

Oh, okies. Thank you guys~!

Sailor · Answer

Np

TETSXPREME · Answer

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